BART-EST. MURILLO, 1646.

_The Angels’ Kitchen_ was bought from the despoiler’s heirs for £3420.

_The Virgin of the Rosary_ (No. 1712), unlike the majority of Murillo’s

representations of the Mother of God, has scarcely a trace of spiritual

exaltation, but is merely a handsome type of a happy and contented

Spanish mother. The folds of her outer garment are arranged in florid

and meaningless profusion.

_The Holy Family_ (No. 1713), also known as _The Virgin of Seville_, is

a genuine and characteristic, though strangely overrated work by the

master, and bears the signature

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